CTF on board with Saskatchewan’s plan to shift tax system

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation would prefer the provincial budget was balanced in one year instead of three, but is on board for re-balancing the tax burden.

That from Prairie Director Todd MacKay in reaction to Premier Brad Wall’s Facebook comments Monday morning about moving away from reliance on resource revenue and raising “consumption” taxes as opposed to income taxes.

MacKay says there is no use extending the efforts to balance the budget over 3 years, because it’s just delaying the inevitable.

He also cautions that reforming and simplifying the tax code could be a positive change, but not if it means higher taxes because people in Saskatchewan are already struggling and have less money, so increasing the tax burden would only make that more challenging.